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S8 Ep201: Gregory Copley details how the Bondi Beach attackers trained in the Philippines' insurgent areas. While praising Australian intelligence agencies, he blames the Albanese government for encouraging anti-Israel sentiment, arguing this political stance has g

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🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Gregory Copley details how the Bondi Beach attackers trained in the Philippines' insurgent areas. While praising Australian intelligence agencies, he blames the Albanese government for encouraging anti-Israel sentiment, arguing this political stance has given license to radical groups and undermined public safety.
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0:00.0

This is CBS Eye on the World.

0:08.5

Here's John Batchelor.

0:12.4

This is CBSI on the world.

0:14.6

I'm John Batchel.

0:15.7

I welcome Gregory Copley,

0:17.6

the editor and publisher of defense and foreign affairs.

0:20.3

We go immediately to Gregory's

0:23.1

Native Australia, and what we know and what we need more of information about the shooters on the

0:30.1

Bondi Beach massacre of Hanukkah for Hanukkah in these last hours from CBS news

0:38.5

Bondi Beach suspects reportedly trained in the Philippines where there's a

0:43.0

decades-old Islamist insurgency the father and son suspects goes to

0:48.4

copy gathered for a ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Hanukkah event, spent most of November

0:57.2

in the Philippines, according to police.

1:00.1

The Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Albanese, he said that the attack was motivated by

1:05.0

ISIS ideology.

1:06.2

That's a quote.

1:07.8

New South Wales Police Commissioner Lanyon told reporters the investigators were still looking into the reasons for the trip and where exactly the men went between November 1 and 28.

1:18.9

The Philippines Bureau of Immigration said, Sajid Akram 50, who was killed during the attack and his 24-year-old son, identified widely by Australian media as

1:29.8

Navid Akram, had listed the southern city of Davao as their final destination on the trip.

1:37.3

Australian public broadcasting ABC reported the men had undergone military-style training,

1:44.0

citing security sources.

1:46.3

Tom Smith, an academic director of the Royal Air Force College,

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